NORRISTOWN – A Lansdale woman who served jail time for having sexual or indecent contact with a teenage boy and a 4-year-old girl between 2002 and 2010 was ordered back to jail for violating her parole and probation.

Erica Lyn Dillon, formerly of the 800 block of Walnut Street, was sentenced Wednesday in Montgomery County Court to 17 months in back jail time, to be followed by five years’ probation, after she admitted to violating her previous parole and probation in the sex-related cases. Judge Steven T. O’Neill said Dillon can be re-paroled after serving a minimum of nine months of the back time.

Specifically, Dillon, 34, admitted to violating her previous parole and probation by failing to comply with or participate in psychological or psychiatric counseling programs, by admitting to smoking marijuana and by failing to pay court-ordered fines, according to court documents.

“It was the recommendation of probation officials and she accepted the recommendation,” explained defense lawyer Gregory Nester, referring to the sentence. “She expressed to the court how sorry she was that she was in violation. The court explained to her the importance of complying with the treatment conditions of her supervision.”

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The judge warned Dillon that if she continues to not comply with treatment recommendations she faces additional jail time.

“It was impressed upon her by the court the need, upon her release, to actively participate in the required treatment process and I believe she will do that,” Nester said. “I am hopeful and I am confident that she will not violate again. I believe she fully understood what the court said.”

Dillon, a 1998 North Penn High School graduate who participated in Special Olympics in high school, has been detained in jail since she was charged with the violations on Feb. 15. That means Dillon could be eligible for re-parole on Nov. 15.

In September 2010, Dillon was sentenced to 11 ½-to-23-months in the county jail, to be followed by five years’ probation, after she pleaded guilty to felony charges of statutory sexual assault and corruption of a minor in connection with an April 5, 2010, incident that occurred with a 14-year-old boy at her home.

At the time of the sexual encounter with the teenage boy, Dillon was free on bail, awaiting sentencing on a previous charge of having indecent contact with a 4-year-old girl in 2002.

Dillon was sentenced to11 ½ months time served, to be followed by seven years’ probation, after she pleaded guilty to charges of indecent assault and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the 2002 incident involving the 4-year-old girl. Essentially, Dillon admitted to touching the little girl in an indecent manner while the girl was in her company at an Abington residence.

The 2010 charges were filed against Dillon after the boy’s mother notified police on April 15 that she had become aware that Dillon had sexually assaulted the 14-year-old boy on April 5 while the boy was visiting Dillon’s live-in boyfriend, Antonio Morano.

Morano, then 27, allegedly watched a pornographic video with the teenage boy and then proceeded to watch Dillon have sex with the boy, according to court papers.

The boy told investigators that when he visited the Dillon home Morano began talking about sex and asked the boy if he liked to watch porn, according to the criminal complaint filed by Lansdale Detective Michael Trail.

“Morano then took (the boy) to a computer in a back room of the apartment and began surfing the Internet and showing (the boy) pornographic pictures and videos,” Trail alleged in the arrest affidavit.

About 30 minutes later, Dillon entered the room and asked the boy to go to a bedroom with her. Once inside the bedroom, Dillon had sexual contact with the boy, police said.

Morano told police that he walked into the bedroom and saw Dillon having sex with the boy. Although he was angry with the boy for having sex with Dillon, Morano told police he did not stop them “but rather he stood in the doorway and watched,” Trail alleged.

In March 2011, Morano was sentenced to 17 days already served to 23 months in jail, to be followed by three years’ probation, after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of corruption of a minor in connection with the incident. The sentence means Morano will be under the watchful eye of court officials for a total of five years.